Regal Literary Inc., a full-service agency with offices in New York and London, was founded in 2002. We represent works in a wide range of categories, with an emphasis on literary fiction, outstanding thriller and crime fiction, and serious narrative non-fiction.

We are deeply committed to every aspect of our clients' careers, and are engaged in everything from the editorial work of developing a great book proposal or line editing a fiction manuscript to negotiating state-of-the-art book deals and working to promote and publicize the book when it's published.  We are at the forefront of the effort to increase authors' rights in publishing contracts in a rapidly changing commercial environment. 

We deal directly with co-agents and publishers in every foreign territory and also work directly and with co-agents for feature film and television rights, with extraordinary success in both arenas.  Many of our clients' works have sold in dozens of translation markets, and a high proportion of our books have been sold in Hollywood.   As well, we have strong relationships with speaking agents, who can assist in arranging author tours and other corporate and college speaking opportunities when appropriate. 

Regal Literary Inc. is a member of the Association of Author Representatives and abides by its Canon of Ethics.  Our domestic commission is 15% and our foreign commission is 20%.  We charge no reading fees.

With five years' experience in children's publishing, Michelle Andelman joined Regal Literary in 2010. She previously advised foreign publishers as a book scout at Franklin & Siegal, where she also agented with Lynn C. Franklin Associates. Prior to that, she got her start as an agent with Andrea Brown Literary Agency, where she worked for three years with debut talent such as Lauren Strasnick, Dia Reeves, and Emily Horner. Michelle handles all categories of children's books, representing authors of middle-grade and Young Adult fiction, and author-illustrators of picture books and graphic novels. Her magnets are elegant, quirky voices, emotionally driven plots, and settings richly evoked or imagined. Michelle is a graduate of the Dramatic Writing Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, and the master's program in English and American literature at NYU.

Markus Hoffmann joined Regal Literary in 2006. He previously worked for several years as a literary scout and foreign rights agent on both sides of the Atlantic, most recently as Foreign Rights Manager at Aitken Alexander Associates in London and then Director of International Scouting at Maria Campbell Associates in New York. His main interests are international and literary fiction, crime, (pop) cultural studies, current affairs, economics, history, music, popular science, and travel literature. He also looks after foreign rights for the agency, sacrificing his health to the strenuous demands of the London and Frankfurt Book Fairs every year. He's the trumpeter of Half on Signature, the finest R & B band on the international publishing circuit.

Lauren Pearson started her career at the Russell & Volkening Literary Agency, and after stints at Tina Brown's Talk magazine and the Chicago-based Modern Luxury magazine group, she joined Regal Literary in 2004. In 2007, she moved across the pond to set up our London office.  In addition to handling UK rights for the agency, she is looking to represent European-based writers of literary and commercial fiction, memoir, narrative non-fiction, and young adult and children's books.  If it makes sense for your primary agent to be based in London, she’s your gal.  She has a particular weakness for anything pop-culture or crime-related, and is an avid late-night watcher of Law & Order reruns and the British detective drama Dalziel and Pascoe.  She is a graduate of Duke University and the Radcliffe Publishing Course.

While pursuing a career as the lead singer of the rock band RAMA, Joseph Regal got his first job in publishing at the Russell & Volkening Literary Agency in 1991. There he worked with Pulitzer Prize-winning bestselling authors Anne Tyler, Eudora Welty, Annie Dillard, Howell Raines, and Peter Taylor, as well as Tony Award-winner Ntozake Shange, Nobel Prize-winner Nadine Gordimer, and TV anchorman and novelist Jim Lehrer.  After leaving music for publishing, he founded Regal Literary Inc. in 2002.  He graduated from Columbia College magna cum laude.  His primary interests are literary fiction, international thrillers, history, science, photography, music, culture, and whimsy.